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Holiday reveler from Lowell busted after Boston parade

By Evan Lips, elips@lowellsun.com

Updated:
03/19/2013 07:11:48 AM EDT

BOSTON -- A Lowell man was arrested Sunday following the annual South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade after he allegedly kicked a 19-year-old woman in the throat at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station, according to police.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo wrote in an email that Patrick Kelly, 25, was charged in Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Police say Kelly knew the victim.

The report states police encountered the 19-year-old lying on the ground inside the station, crying and clutching her throat. She then pointed to Kelly and allegedly told officers he kicked her.

A witness confirmed the woman's statement, according to police.

The woman, who authorities did not identify, was treated at the scene and not taken to a hospital, according to Jake Ward, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.

The report states the woman told police she and Kelly traveled to Boston with a group and he assaulted her because she was too young to go drinking at a bar after the parade.

Kelly was released on personal recognizance following his arraignment in Boston. He was ordered to have no further contact with the victim, and to refrain from abusing her, according to Renee Algarin, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk District Attorney's Office.

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